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ose of 1861 a good deal had been done in the way of organization to produce the material of war needed by an army, as far as our means permitted.
But our troops were still very poorly armed and equipped.
The old smooth-bore musket was still the principal weapon of the infantry; the artillery had the six-pounder gun and twelve-pounder howitzer chiefly; and the cavalry were armed with anything they could get—sabres, horse-pistols, revolvers, Sharp's carbines, musketoons, short Enfield rifles, Hale's carbines (a wretched apology), muskets cut off, etc., etc. Equipments were in many cases made of stout domestic, stitched in triple folds and covered with paint or rubber, varnished.
But poor as were our arms, we had not enough of these to equip the troops which were pressing to the front in July and August, 1861.
In the winter of 1861-1861, while McClellan was preparing his great army near Alexandria, we resorted to the making of pikes for the infantry and lances for the cavalry; many

ose of 1861 a good deal had been done in the way of organization to produce the material of war needed by an army, as far as our means permitted.
But our troops were still very poorly armed and equipped.
The old smooth-bore musket was still the principal weapon of the infantry; the artillery had the six-pounder gun and twelve-pounder howitzer chiefly; and the cavalry were armed with anything they could get—sabres, horse-pistols, revolvers, Sharp's carbines, musketoons, short Enfield rifles, Hale's carbines (a wretched apology), muskets cut off, etc., etc. Equipments were in many cases made of stout domestic, stitched in triple folds and covered with paint or rubber, varnished.
But poor as were our arms, we had not enough of these to equip the troops which were pressing to the front in July and August, 1861.
In the winter of 1861-1861, while McClellan was preparing his great army near Alexandria, we resorted to the making of pikes for the infantry and lances for the cavalry; many

ohn William Jones, Secretary Southern Historical Society:
Dear Sir,—At the suggestion of several friends I send you the enclosed interesting extracts from a private letter, written to me, soon after the downfall of the Confederacy, by Captain E. J. Hale, Jr., who was my Assistant-Adjutant General.
The Captain is an elegant, educated gentleman, and was as gallant a young officer as ever drew blade in defence of the Lost Cause.
As editor of the Fayetteville Observer, which was a power in Nor.
I forgot to say that I have not yet taken the oath, but, of course, will do so eventually.
If I live in this country, as I expect now to do, I shall feel it my duty to demean myself as a good and true citizen.
Yours affectionately, E. J. Hale, Jr.
Notes and Queries.
the term Rebellion as applied to our war between the States has been again and again repudiated by our most careful Confederate critics, and candid writers on the other side are coming to admit that the war was in no